Because he was dining alone, his cook assumed a simple meal would do but his error was quickly corrected when Lucullus responded, “What? Did you not know, then, that today Lucullus dines with Lucullus?” – Plutarch
Category: Food For Thought
ELV’s Thought for the Day
Though regarded with disdain by the chic, and horror by the alfalfa-sprout crowd, hot dogs are flat-out wonderful. And versatile. Dripping with onions and ball-park and mustard from a Sabrett man, they taste like New York; served in little cardboard doo-hickeys and called frankfurters, they taste like America. They also make no unreasonable demands on the home cook. – Vladimr Estragon
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PS: For a beautiful short elegy for the last Howard Johnson’s in New York City (by our friend John Mariani) click here (and scroll down towards the end of the page).
ELV’s Thought for the Day
Anyone who writes about food would do well to stay away from similes and metaphors, because if you’re not careful, expressions like “light as a feather” make their way into your sentences and then where are you? – Nora Ephron